July Rhapsody 2002
男人四十
Outwardly, Lam takes pride in his job teaching Chinese literature at an elite school and in his caring wife and two sons. But deep down, the forty-year-old wrestles with unfulfilled desires stoked by jealousy over his friends’ professional successes and the advances of a flirtatious student. The sudden return of his former mentor finally upsets this delicate balance, forcing Lam to unearth the long-hidden truth about who he is and gain a new perspective on how to live the rest of his life.
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Vocabulary
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| 花样 花樣 | pattern; way of doing sth; trick; ruse; fancy-style (as in 花样滑冰 figure skating) | |
| 吓人 嚇人 | to scare; scary; frightening | |
| 沙滩 沙灘 | beach; sandy shore | |
| 无敌 無敵 | unequalled; without rival; a paragon | |
| 丫头 丫頭 | girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) | |
| 筒 筒 | tube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc) | |
| 来电 來電 | incoming telephone call (or telegram); to phone in; to send in a telegram; to have an instant attraction to sb; (of electricity, after an outage) to come back | |
| 大地 大地 | earth; mother earth | |
| 罩 罩 | cover; fish trap (basket); shade | |
| 辞 辤 | old variant of 辞 | |
| 故 故 | happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead | |
| 缩 縮 | to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce; abbreviation; also pr. [sù] | |
| 垫 墊 | pad; cushion; mat; to pad out; to fill a gap; to pay for sb; to advance (money) | |
| 喉咙 喉嚨 | the throat | |
| 虚 虛 | emptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles; empty or unoccupied; diffident or timid; false; humble or modest; (of health) weak; virtual; in vain | |
| 每当 每當 | whenever; every time | |
| 笨蛋 笨蛋 | fool; idiot | |
| 撕 撕 | to tear | |
| 凑 湊 | to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity | |
| 辩护 辯護 | to speak in defense of; to argue in favor of; to defend; to plead | |
| 震 震 | to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 卦, symbolizing thunder; ☳ | |
| 颁奖 頒獎 | to confer an award | |
| 出手 出手 | to dispose of; to spend (money); to undertake a task | |
| 正面 正面 | front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open | |
| 难怪 難怪 | (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that) | |
| 傻瓜 傻瓜 | idiot; fool | |
| 指望 指望 | to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope | |
| 闷 悶 | stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly | |
| 亲戚 親戚 | a relative (i.e. family relation) | |
| 功 功 | meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics) | |
| 无辜 無辜 | innocent; innocence; not guilty (law) | |
| 飘 飄 | to float | |
| 奖品 獎品 | award; prize | |
| 须 須 | must; to have to; to wait | |
| 角落 角落 | nook; corner | |
| 熬 熬 | to boil; to simmer | |
| 驾 駕 | to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辞) | |
| 抛弃 拋棄 | to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb) | |
| 肾 腎 | kidney | |
| 借口 借口 | to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 何时 何時 | when | |
| 兼 兼 | double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time | |
| 趁 趁 | to avail oneself of; to take advantage of | |
| 亦 亦 | also | |
| 无比 無比 | incomparable; matchless | |
| 行政 行政 | administration; (attributive) administrative; executive | |
| 尚 尚 | still; yet; to value; to esteem | |
| 乖 乖 | (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal | |
| 独 獨 | alone; independent; single; sole; only |